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city, seat (1862) of San Miguel county, north-central New Mexico, U.S. It lies along the Gallinas River, at an elevation of 6,435 feet (1,961 metres), in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The original ...
tap dance
The introduction of television and the rise of Las Vegas, Nevada, as a popular tourist attraction saved tap dance from a slow death. Variety shows, which included tap dancers along with their other ...
Stern, Martin, Jr.
American architect (b. April 9, 1917, New York, N.Y.-d. July 28, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.), designed a number of landmark casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as three brightly coloured Ships ...
Nevada
Nevada began its transition to a modern economy during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the legalization of gambling in 1931 and the reduction to six weeks of the residence requirement for ...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas has had a relatively small number of what might be considered traditional civic cultural institutions-e.g., orchestras, theatre companies, and public art museums-for a city of its size. ...
Nevada
Nevadans traditionally have mingled rural conservatism and the individualism of the Old West. Until the mid-20th century its population was small and dispersed, and cultural values were those of an ...
Las Vegas
The prospect of enormous profits from legalized gambling and prostitution proved to be a strong attraction for organized crime syndicates. In 1945 Bugsy Siegel, one of the most prominent of these ...
Singapore
Singapore found itself in the international headlines more than usual in 2006. When Temasek Holdings, the state investment agency, in January purchased a controlling stake in Shin Corp., a Thai ...
Louis, Joe
American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J. Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago, until March 1, 1949, when he briefly retired. During his reign, ...
Billiard Games
In early 2005 came news of a series of eight-ball competitions with prizes surpassing anything ever before seen in the game. The International Pool Tour (IPT) was sponsored by Kevin Trudeau, an ...
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